Information systems technology: barriers and challenges to implementation.
Nurses, like other professionals, manage massive amounts of information. Without adequate means to process that data, neither the profession, the industry, nor the public will achieve all the benefits of contemporary health care. The authors highlight barriers to and strategies for increasing the use and effectiveness of health care information systems.
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Secretary's Commission on Nursing, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
Gibbons
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D003479:Curriculum; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*